• What is Mediasite?
• What is required to playback Mediasite presentations on Mac OS X?
• Why does it take so long to start a presentation on Mac OS 10.4?
• Are there any special settings needed to view presentations on an Intel-based Mac?

What is Mediasite?

Mediasite, by Sonic Foundry, is a suite of applications that allows one to webcast presentations or lectures over the Internet for live or on-demand access. It goes beyond simple PowerPoint to capture and integrate a wide range of visual content including smart boards, document cameras, digital photography, and graphics tablets:

1. Train, brief or teach using any video and digital presentation source while Mediasite records and synchronizes your audio, video and slides.
2. Distribute your recording online for people to watch at their convenience (live in real-time or later on-demand), or automatically create an audio podcast for your listeners.
3. Customize, catalog, search and secure your library of presentations.

The College of Engineering's Mediasite server can be found at:

• http://mediasite-01.engin.umich.edu/mediasite/Catalog/

What is required to playback Mediasite presentations on Mac OS X?

To playback a presentation on Mac OS X, you need the following:

• Browser Requirements:
  • Safari 1.2.4 or later
  • Firefox 1.0 or later
• Media Player Requirements: Windows Media Player for Mac OS X
• Audio Codec Requirements: Windows Media Audio
• Video Codec Requirements: Windows Media Video

All of the above are required to access the CoE Mediasite server from Mac OS X:

• http://mediasite-01.engin.umich.edu/mediasite/Catalog/

Why does it take so long to start a presentation on Mac OS 10.4?

When viewing a Mediasite presentation on Mac OS 10.4.x, there may be a long delay before playback begins. In some cases, this delay can be a minute or more. This delay problem can be resolved using the following instructions:

1. Open Windows Media Player by selecting Go > Applications > Windows Media Player.
2. From the toolbar, select Windows Media Player > Preferences > Network Settings tab.
3. Uncheck TCP and UDP boxes and click OK.

Are there any special settings needed to view presentations on an Intel-based Mac?

Windows Media Player for Mac must be run under Rosetta emulation on Intel-based Macs. As such, the browser must also be forced to run under Rosetta as well. To enable Rosetta emulation, follow these steps:

1. Close all open browser windows.
2. Select Go > Applications.
3. Right-click or Ctrl-click your browser icon (e.g. Safari or Firefox), and select Get Info.
4. In the General section, check Open using Rosetta.

Now, the next time the web browser is launched, it will run under Rosetta emulation and presentations should play back.